I think you're correct that JK was apparently not in favor of the assassination. But he is culpable on several charges which I believe are legitimate. He actually may not have left the organization after this meeting as he said he did. There's some evidence he worked with VVAW on into 1972; therefore, he is lying today about his involvement then. But even more serious to Kerry is the fact that he did not report the threat of assassination to anyone. It seems that the FBI had infiltrated the group and knew about the plan, but Kerry wouldn't have known that. He had already planned at that point to run for Congress, so he should have been public-service minded enough to pass this info along. And there WAS an attempt on Sen. Stennis's life several years later and two of the other reputed targeted legistators later died in plane crashes.
Actually, the Democrats would drop him like a hot rock if they ever found that out!
One of those Senators that died in a plane crash was John Tower, one of the original 7 that some wanted to assassinate. The other Senator that died just the day before in ANOTHER plane crash was Senator Heinz, which gave Teresa Heinz the freedom to marry John F'n Kerry.
Yes. That Boston Globe photo of him watching Nixon on TV is in 1972 and he is still called a leader of the VVAW.
But even more serious to Kerry is the fact that he did not report the threat of assassination to anyone.
Which is why he has to say he was not at the meeting. We need FBI files saying he was there. At that point, he will say he was there as a "footnote," which is a great defense for anyone to use. Maybe Scott Peterson killed his pregnant wife as a footnote, too.
If he is proven to have been there, he must then rely on his faulty memory to "not recall" what took place at that meeting in the Mennonite Hall. I love it because it absolutely defies credulity. No one forgets the meeting they attended where a vote was taken to kill United States Senators. Except maybe hardened Al Qaeda operatives.
And there WAS an attempt on Sen. Stennis's life several years later and two of the other reputed targeted legistators later died in plane crashes.
Stennis's hit was only a year later. And within a couple more years came the other two violent deaths. Three out of the six. Kind of makes you say "Hmmm."